Cabell County

POVERTY BY AGE

While they say little about economic ups and downs in the decade between
Censuses, income and poverty data provide us with economic "snapshots" of
an area at the time of enumeration that can in turn be compared with
economic data gathered from earlier Censuses. Poverty status, as measured in this chart, is determined by Poverty Thresholds, which take into account a number of factors,
including income
and family size
and structure.
For example, the 2000 Poverty Threshold for a family of four in the continental United States with two related children was 17,463. However, Poverty Thresholds are misleading because they do not provide an accurate picture of what a “poor” family’s life is like. According to the National Center for Children in poverty, most families of four would have to make twice
their assigned Poverty Threshold in order to provide their children with basic necessities, such as housing, food, and health care.

Poverty by Age, 1990 and 2000

1990

2000

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Total Population*

93,489

100.00%

93,521

100.00%

In Poverty

17,855

19.10%

17,983

19.23%

Not in Poverty

75,634

80.90%

75,538

80.77%

11 Years and Under

13,569

14.51%

12,577

13.45%

In Poverty

3,583

3.83%

3,370

3.60%

Not in Poverty

9,986

10.68%

9,207

9.84%

12 to 17 Years

7,558

8.08%

6,317

6.75%

In Poverty

1,651

1.77%

1,369

1.46%

Not in Poverty

5,907

6.32%

4,948

5.29%

18 to 64 Years

57,212

61.20%

59,830

63.97%

In Poverty

10,393

11.12%

11,650

12.46%

Not in Poverty

46,819

50.08%

48,180

51.52%

65 Years and Above

15,150

16.21%

14,797

15.82%

In Poverty

2,228

2.38%

1,594

1.70%

Not in Poverty

12,922

13.82%

13,203

14.12%

* The total population is the population for which poverty status is determined. Therefore, the total in this table should not be expected to match the total population in the population growth topic.